Check out this video created by one of our fantastic DH Interns, Evelyn, about her experience in the lab this year! Evelyn worked with us last year as a DH intern, but she returned this year to work on some really exciting projects for the @bdcmuseum.bsky.social #Interns #Internships #Digital

Today is your last chance to apply for this fantastic opportunity! careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/84... #Internships #Interns #Digital #Humanities #Graduate #GradJobs #GraduateJobs #GraduateOpportunities #DigitalHumanities #DigitalHumanitiesLab #DigitalResearch #University #Arts #Culture #Heritage

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the snails, for today is their special day! Peep very closely at this map from 1575 - and you will spot a teeny-tiny snail! 📷 Rare books B 1590/SAX/XX: Atlas by Christopher Saxton; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #NationalSnailDay #SnailDay

Interested in Digital Humanities? Photography? Audio and video production? Learning new skills and technologies? Part time work on campus next academic year? We're looking for 7 current HASS undergraduate students to work in the DH Lab on current projects and support the day to running of the labs

The DH team recently had the pleasure of attending the #ExeterEmploymentAwards2026 Our brilliant DH Interns were nominated for the Best Team award, and our GBP Assistant Technician, Molly, was nominated for the Community award #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Interns #DHInterns #Internships

Lucie Mingmei writes: "I am the Research IT Developer in the Research IT team based in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter. As part of the WSWIA team, I work on the design and development of the project’s WordPress web interface, which is used for blogging and (1/8)

📢 JOB ALERT! The DH Lab is hiring a GBP Digital Humanities Assistant Technician 🎓 Open to recent grads 🛠️ Training in photogrammetry, RTI, A/V & 3D printing 🏛️ Great foundation for Heritage, Archives, or Research admin careers 📅 Apply by 4 June 2026! 👇Apply here careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/84...

Daphne du Maurier, novelist, was born 119 years ago on 13 May 1907. We look after several archives & collections relating to du Maurier, including literary drafts, letters & even a writing desk! Find out more on our catalogue ➡️ bit.ly/3uiTffI #OTD #OnThisDay #DuMaurier #LiteraryArchives #Archives

This plan of Exeter by Lieutenant Robert Kearsley Dawson dates back to c 1832. It shows the existing boundaries of the city (in green), and the proposed boundary changes (in red). 📷 Townsend Maps T18f; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #MapMonday #MondayMaps #Maps #MappingOurExeter #Exeter

I was just a few days ago wondering why all old folk rituals are so...weird and creepy. I figured it's something about too many horror films as a teen and some sort of 'civilised' prejudice against rural customs, but then again all I see when I look at the 'Obby 'Oss is the contents of my nightmares

Today marks the celebration of the May Day 'Obby 'Oss festival in Padstow, which involves two processions making their way around Padstow with a hobby horse. The 'Obby 'Oss consists of an oval black oilskin frame and a horse head. #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Padstow #ObbyOss #MayDay

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Carla Ruffert for a month-long research internship at the DH Lab. Carla is a visiting postgraduate research student who is studying Digital Cultural Heritage at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (LMU)! #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Exeter

Did you know that our collections include artworks & records of artists? Artists featured in our archives incl. Leonard Baskin, Charles Tunnicliffe & John Gendall, as well as unknown artists, such as the creator of this 'Bird Book'. 📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #WorldArtDay

This plan of Exeter by John Rapkin dates back to c 1851-1854, and features illustrations of landmarks by Henry Winkles. Which landmarks do you recognise? What has changed? 📷 Townsend Maps T19f; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #MapMonday #MondayMaps #Maps #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #Devon

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the curlews, for today is their special day! This early 19th century watercolour illustration of a curlew by an unknown artist comes from our 'Bird Book'. 📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #WorldCurlewDay #CurlewDay #Archives

This week marks the start of the fantastic 'Rediscovering The Tudor Domesday' project, which is being led at Exeter by Prof James Clark with Co-Lead Dr Charlotte Tupman #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Tudor #TudorDoomsday #AHRC #ExeterUni #Digitising #DHLab #DigitalHumanitesLab #Internship

Last night the 98th Oscars Ceremony saw some great films recognised. We have numerous programmes of past Academy Awards in our collection, including this one from 1964 that saw Sidney Poitier win for best actor [EXEBD 19152] #academyawards #oscars #oscars2026 #film #hollywood #filmsky

It is starting to feel very spring like here in Exeter 💐 Napoleon decided to pay the DH Lab a visit this morning - he seemed to be enjoying the flowers! 🌼🐱 📷 Emily (DH Intern) #DH #DHLab #DHInterns #Digital #Humanities #HASS #DigitalHumanities #Cats #Cat #CatsofBluesky #Spring #March #Research

Thrilled to be involved in this fantastic project! #WomensScreenWork #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Film #TV #WomenFilmmakers #Archives #FilmArchives

This colourful plan of Exeter, dating back to 1810, was engraved by John Roper. It includes a lovely illustration of Exeter Cathedral. Which landmarks can you identify that still exist today? And what has changed? 📷 Townsend Maps T17 #MapMonday #MappingOurExeter #Maps #Exeter

Digital preservation is cultural memory work. Websites disappear. Platforms shutdown. Links rot. Online creativity can vanish! For digital humanities, archiving the web means safeguarding historical records of the cultural moment, but preserving something so dynamic & vast is technically complex!

Today is National Umbrella Day - very apt for this continuously wet weather! ☔ Our book collections include 'Umbrellas and their History' (1871) by William Sangster, which seems like an ideal read for today! 📷 Reserve 391.44 SAN #NationalUmbrellaDay #RareBooks

Today is International Map Day! One of our favourite maps in the collections is this map of Exeter, engraved by Frans Hogenberg in c 1618. Can you identify any landmarks that still exist today? 📷 Constable Maps 27; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #InternationalMapDay #MappingOurExeter

We were very excited to welcome students from the EAS3502 Shakespeare and Crisis module to experience Hamlet in VR! After donning the MetaQuest Headset, students got to step into Shakespeare and meet the ghost of Hamlet's father! #VR #VirtualReality #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Hamlet

This strip map by John Ogilby shows 'The Road From Exeter to Barnstable & Thence to Ilfracomb', and dates back to c 1675. Can you spot Exeter on the map? 🔍 📷 Townsend Maps T4; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #MapMonday #MondayMaps #Maps #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #Devon

We have been working on lots of exciting projects in the DH Lab so far this term! Recently, our DH Interns and GBP Assistant Technician have been working with images from the @exeter.ac.uk archive to learn how to digitise glass negatives #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #Digitisation #DHLab

Today is World Logic Day! Chess is often described as a game of logic. Did you know the writer William Golding and the literary critic Anthony Curtis played postal chess? Our collections include cards and letters through which they exchanged moves! #WorldLogicDay #Archives

Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 - 50 years ago today. Did you know our Agatha Christie business papers comprise thousands of letters, incl. from the novelist herself? 📷 EUL UA/P/5i: Christie receiving an honorary degree from @exeter.ac.uk in 1961 #AgathaChristie #OnThisDay #OTD #Archives

#HappyNewYear! We are excited to welcome back to all the students for this new term! Whether you are a student or a member of staff, feel free to get in touch to see how we can support your HASS teaching and/or research - we’re always happy to support creative challenges! #DHLab #DH #Digital #HASS

After a very wintry week in Exeter, here's a snowy throwback to Streatham Campus in January 1958! ❄️ This photograph was published in the student newspaper 'The South Westerner' on 29 January 1958. 📷 Exeter University/SOU #ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Today is National Bird Day! 🪶 One of our favourite items in the collections is a 19th century volume containing 76 watercolour illustrations by an unknown artist of birds local to Devon and Cornwall. 📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #NationalBirdDay #BirdDay #Archives

Ellie, our Archivist, recently gave us a preview of this ‘famous scrapbook’ of Mr Hart – Head Virger here at Exeter Cathedral in the 1930s-50s. It features lots of cartoons given to Mr Hart by his friend, the journalist and cartoonist, Harold Murray! ✍️ #ExeterCathedral #YourCathedral

Today is Christmas Card Day! 💌🎄 Robins have been a popular motif on Christmas cards since the Victorian period. These festive cards are from a scrapbook in the library of the poet laureate John Betjeman. 📷 Betjeman Library 1957; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social #ChristmasCardDay #Archives

A helpful virtual model of the figurine has been created by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social. 2/2 swheritage.org.uk/news/creatin...

The Cornish poets and writers Charles Causley and Jack Clemo were close friends - and they also loved their pets! Two of the most documented pets in our archives are Causley's cat, Rupert, and Clemo's Pomeranian, Spark! #EYAPets #Archives #ExploreYourArchive

Recently, our DH interns have learned the importance of digitising legacy media like VHS. Over time and with improper storage, VHS tapes steadily deteriorate with the magnetic tape losing quality. This leads to warping or mould, which renders it unplayable! #Digital #Humanities #Internships #DH

A new Culture Strategy is being developed to help Exeter’s cultural and creative landscape to thrive – and your views are needed to help shape it. Make your voice count and fill out the survey below! engage.exeter.gov.uk/exeter-cultu... #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #DH #Culture

Last week, our DH Interns were introduced to photogrammetry & 3D Imaging Photogrammetry is the process of extracting accurate measurements and 3D information from overlapping photographs. This allows us to create digital models to analyse and preserve fragile original objects #Digital #Humanities

Good morning from the Digital Humanities Lab 🌇 #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DH #DHLab #Exeter #HASS #UniversityofExeter @exeter.ac.uk #sunrise #winter

DH Lab's collaboration on the Sycamore Gap Tree slice digitisation project has featured in the 'We Are The Possible' anthology for the COP30 in Brazil! Check it out: greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w... (Page 39) #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #HASS #COP30 #Brazil #WeAreThePossible

In 19th C Exeter, Guy Fawkes Day was a major occasion. The festivities centred on a huge bonfire in front of the Cathedral 🔥 During this fiery festival it was traditional to allow the youth special freedom to celebrate. Fireworks, burning tar barrels & injuries were a feature of this riotous night.

Have you heard the spooky tale of the Hairy Hand? 👻✋ Research papers relating to the Dartmoor legend of the Hairy Hand (as well as black dogs, ghosts, vampires, monsters, witches & more!) can be found in the archive of folklorist Theo Brown. 📷 EUL MS 105 #FolkloreThursday #HairyHand #Halloween

Today is the RSPB's Feed the Birds Day! 🪶 Some of the most common birds we feed in UK gardens are house sparrows, wood pigeons, starlings, and magpies. These early 19th century watercolours of birds are from our archives. Which is your favourite? 📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

As Halloween approaches, things have been getting spooky in the DH Lab! Last week, the interns were introduced to our 3D printers and CAD software 🎃 We have had a range of seasonally appropriate prints - from ghost dogs to an articulated glowing skeleton! 🩻 #Digital #Humanities #3D #3DPrint #CAD

Check out this fascinating research from the Florence4D project that is coordinated by Prof. Fabrizio Nevola, co-director of the Exeter DH Lab, and Cambridge Co-Investigator, Dr Donal Cooper! news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... #DH #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #Exeter #3D #Research

📢TODAY📢 Tune in to hear @bhamhistory.bsky.social and @emilymayvine.bsky.social discuss our unique methodology 👇 Weds 22 Oct, 5pm Zoom #EarlyModern 🗃️ #DigitalHumanities @cemsexeter.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

Last week, the DH Interns were introduced to Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). RTI is a method of creating an interactive digital image of an object with a moveable light source #RTI #ReflectanceTransformationImaging #HASS #Humanities #Digital #DigitalHumanities #AI #DH #DigitalResearch

The DH Lab is very excited to be collaborating on this fascinating project alongside partners at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @nationaltrust.org.uk, @uniofreading.bsky.social and @uniofnottingham.bsky.social #Digital #Humanities #Exeter #DHLab #ExeterDH #Tudor #History #DigitalResearch #DH

The DH Lab is excited to be collaborating with partners at National Archives, National Trust, Reading & Nottingham in a new £1.5m AHRC project to make available Henry VIII's Valor Ecclesiasticus. 'Rediscovering The Tudor Domesday' is led at Exeter by Prof James Clark with Co-Lead Dr Charlotte Tupman

This term we have been thrilled to welcome a fabulous new set of DH interns! Internships with the lab are a unique, exciting opportunity for HASS students to learn all the digital research methods and practical skills that the lab has to offer! #DigitalResearch #CaptureOne #PhaseOne #Photography